Yet both platforms exist because the creators wanted to play in a particular type of environment and couldn’t find it, so they built it. Both worlds take every precaution possible, short of home visits, to ensure an adults-only population.
And both creators admit that once the community starts to form, it takes over the product. “The first thing that brings people (to Sociolotron) is the sex,” says Patric. “But that’s not the reason they stay.”
They stay, he says, because of the people they socialize with. “We attract a special kind of person because we have such a heavy emphasis on role play,” he says. “The people who stay are a great asset to the community.”
Badgirl believes that one of the biggest mistake designers can make “is to tell the residents ‘this is what the community is and this is what you’re going to do.’ The most important feature is the people,” she says. “It’s their community. It’s not your community.”
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